SHENZHEN: China's leading telecommunications company, Huawei Technologies, reported Friday that its profits leapt 33 percent last year, driven by smartphone...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks closed a tad above 3,000 points yesterday, following positive March factory data. The Shanghai Composite Index edged...

BEIJING: China aims to keep total energy consumption at around 4.34 billion tons of standard coal equivalent in 2016, with...

BEIJING: Trade volume between the mainland and Taiwan reached 22.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first two months of 2016,...

DUBLIN: The Central Bank of Ireland on Friday revised its forecast for the country's 2016 GDP (gross domestic product) growth...

MANILA: Police operatives on Saturday seized P20 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City....

COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Navy states that eleven suspects were arrested and a foreign vessel taken into custody after a...

NEW DELHI: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan will push for state-run firms to win development rights for the vast Farzad B...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa's thermal coal exports totalled 4.82 million mt in February, slipping 19.7% year on year, as shipments...

LONDON: Activity in Britain’s manufacturing industry has stalled, with companies cutting jobs as export orders continue to disappoint. Factories across...

RIO GRANDE CITY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Rio Grande City Port of...

BANGKOK: The Bank of Thailand will ease foreign-exchange rules to let individuals invest in products linked to foreign exchange and...

WASHINGTON: The overall jobless rate nationwide inched up to 5 percent from 4.9 percent in February, though nonfarm employment increased...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa sold 650 million rand ($44 million) worth of its 2033, 2046  and 2050 inflation-linked bonds on Friday,...

LAHORE: The Agricultural Department has advised the cotton growers to complete cotton sowing during current month and use certified varieties...

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), through a notification, has allowed import of US dollars against export of permissible...

APATNAM: The Visakhapatnam port has handled 57.5 million tonnes of cargo during 2015-16 financial year, a little less than 58...

LAHORE: The local business community has lauded the agreement signed between Pakistan and Iran to prepare ground for a free...

MOSCOW: Russia's share in trade with the European Union dramatically reduced last year, pushing the country out of the top...

SINGAPORE: Cargo volumes handled at the Port of Singapore in January-February 2016 fell by 3.8%, year-on-year to 92.27 million tonnes,...